Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Rim fragment. Translucent deep honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white. Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; straight side tapering downward; irregular tooling indents on neck between rim and rib on body. Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with white and blue threads in parallel horizontal lines; on exterior, one vertical rib with flattened top and rounded outer edge. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles and cracks on interior; dulling, faint weathering, and small patches of limy encrustation on exterior; some dulling on jagged edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891